Keywords: Rembrandt - Negress Lying Down, 1658.jpg Artwork Creator Rembrandt LangSwitch Negress lying down Négresse couchée Liggende negerin Negra deitada The title for this print A Negress lying down or La négresse couchée was coined by Adam Bartsch in the early 19th century and is almost certainly erroneous Neither de Jonghe in 1679 nor Röver in 1731 identified the subject as anything other than a sleeping nude woman However this title has remained in use although it is nowadays agreed that it is quite simply a woman lying in the dark 1658 place of creation Amsterdam etching drypoint burin ii/iii cm 8 2 15 9 Unknown Object history by 1950 James Harris 5th Earl of Malmesbury 1872-1950 ProvenanceEvent 1950-04-21 sale Colnaghi's London C 27769 James Harris 5th Earl of Malmesbury Christie's London 52 ProvenanceEvent 1951-09-01 purchase N N United Kingdom ProvenanceEvent 2012-12-06 anonymous sale Christie's London 42 Price GBP 37250 Rembrandt f 1658 signature and date bottom left la C 27769 number verso ~ www christies com http //www christies com Home http //www christies com/lotfinder/prints-multiples/rembrandt-harmensz-van-rijn-negress-lying-down-5637623-details aspx Info Other versions Rembrandt - Negra deitada 1658 jpg Version at the Fundação Cultural Ema Gordon Klabin São Paulo B205 Rembrandt jpg Version at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam PD-old-auto-1923 1669 Prints by Rembrandt 1658 Negress 1658 etchings 17th-century etchings Etchings of nude women Nude recumbent women in art Nude or partially nude sleeping women |